Clasp.



No. 760,311. PATENTED MAY 17,1904. E-. GLEARY.

CLASP.

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. UNITED STATES Patented May 17, 1904.

' PATENT OEEIcE.

EDWARD CLEARY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE CONNECTICUTWEB COMPANY, OF BRIDGEPOR'IT, CONNECTITICUT, A CORPORATION OFCONNECTICUT.

CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. "760,311, dated. May1'7, 1904.

Application filed February 1,1904 Serial No, 191,473. (No model.)

To all ill/1.0m it nan/7 concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD CLEARY, a citizen of the Unlted. States, anda resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield' and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClasps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hose-supporter clasps such as are used inconnection with elastic webbing.

The object of this invention resides in producing a clasp from two partsof sheet metal in a simple, practical, and inexpensive man ner and in away to permit of the parts being readily connected and disconnected,and, further, to provide for a slight pivotal movement of one part uponthe other and with rclation to each other, so as to afford free use ofthe same.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1shows a front plan view of my improved clasp assembled, the webbing,however, being omitted. Fig. 2 is a further front view of the partsshown in Fig. l, but disconnected one from the other. Fig. 3 is acentral sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a rearView of the smaller or hook member of the clasp. Fig. 5 is an edge viewof the two parts of the clasp disconnected.

Referring in detail to the characters of reference marked upon thedrawings, A represents the hook member of the clasp, which in socket isformed integral with and from the metal of the plate, and consists inproviding a pair of ways I) I), one on each side of a central lineacross the plate and both intcrmediate of the two pairs of slots Cbefore menmetal of the hook member and circular in shape. The inner endsof these ways are open to receive the head 11 of the hook, while theouter ends are contracted to form shoulders (Jr, against which theflange of said head is drawn. diate of the outer ends of these ways,forming a stop against which the back of the head slidably engages.Intermediate of these ways is a spring-tongue E, which projects forwardand central of the socket in a way to engage the under hollow side ofthe head 1* of the hook member when connected, so as to afford aresistance to the disengagement of the two parts.

The head of the hook member referred to is circular in shape, beingcupped up from the under side to form a hollow head, which furthercomprises a flan go H to engage the socket and a shoulder to bearagainst the stop. The face of this flange H may be provided at eitherside with teats I, which when the parts are assembled normally engagethe central swelled portion of the ways in a manner to afford a furtherslight resistance to the detachment of the parts. It will thus be seenthat the head of the hook member is slipped into engagement with thesocket of the plate from the upper end and when drawn home its back Kfetched up against the stop J and its flange-shoulders against G of thelower ends of the ways in a manner t6 allow said head of the hook memberto swing therein and against the stop and shoulders, while the springbefore mentioned serves to prevent the withdrawal of the hook from thesocket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a clasp of the kind described, the com bination of a plate bearinga socket formed of two circularly-disposed ways, the sides having theirlower ends contracted to form shoul- A circular rib J is situatedintermecircularly disposed sidewise bearing shoulders, a stop adjacentto the ways, a hook member bearing a head having a circularly-disposedflange to engage the ways of the socket, and a back to engage the stopin a manner to be pivotally connected in the socket.

4. In a hose-supporter clasp, the combination with a plate bearing asocket comprising circularly-disposed ways the lower ends of which arecontracted to form shoulders, a spring intermediate of the ways, a hookmember bearing a head having a flange to engage the shoulders and arecess on the under side of the head for engagement by the spring toafford resistance to the disengagement of the parts.

5. In a hose-supporter, the combination with a plate member bearing asocket comprising ways located at opposite sides and provided with astop at their lower ends, a hook member having a head-bearing flange forengagements of such ways and teats on the face of such flange to affordfrictional engagement with the under side of such ways in a manner toprevent the disengagement of the parts.

6. In a hose-supporter clasp, the combination with a plate memberbearing a socket comprising ways located opposite to each other withtheir outer ends contracted to form a shoulder against which a hook isdrawn, a spring-tongue intermediate of the ways, a hook member bearing ahead for engagement by said spring, flange on the head for engagement ofthe ways and teats on the face of the flange to engage the under side ofthe same in a way to afford a friction to prevent disengagement.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfleld and State ofConnecticut, this 8th day of January, A. D. 1904:.\

EDWARD CLEARY.

Witnesses:

(J. M. NEWMAN, W. V. DEVITT.

